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Thursday, 29 October 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Liver
Drinking caffeinated beverages, especially green tea and coffee, benefits the well-being of the liver.
Fungi
The largest group of fungi are multicellular organisms, but there are also single-cell fungi, such as yeast.
A characteristic feature of fungi is their cell wall made of chitin. A fungal cell may be mononuclea ...
Fungi
Fungi were considered a separate kingdom, more closely related to animals than to plants.
This was determined based on phylogeny (origin), biochemistry, and anatomy. Fungi are considered to ...
Cosmos
We are currently living in the fourth stage of the universe’s development.
It resembles the one 12.8 billion years ago and will continue to look like this for the next billions of years.
Silver
Silver has the lowest contact resistance among all metals.
Earth
The largest tectonic plate is the Pacific one, covering an area of 103 million square kilometers.
Most of the plate is submerged under the ocean, the land area of the Pacific plate is only a part of ...
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are of great importance in the development of civilization, due to their key role in making bread and wine.
Many species of fungi are used in food production: bread, spirits, cheeses. Some of them, like Penic ...
Aurora
In the language of the Sámi people (the native inhabitants of Lapland), the name of the aurora "guovssahasah" means "the sun shining in the sky in the morning or evening".
The Sámi people claimed that creating a song about the aurora borealis is dangerous and threatens to draw polar light on themselves, which bode inevitable death.
lava
The most common type of lava in Hawaii and Iceland is pahoehoe.
It is also known as "smooth, unbroken lava". It is characterized by low viscosity, a large amount of ...
Fungi
Mycelium can communicate with trees and plants.
This communication involves a multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compound ...